NECESSITY,
FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 213.141 requires the Cabinet for Health and
Family Services to use funds received from the cost of birth certificates to
contract with private and public nonprofit organizations for the operation of
self-help groups for abusive parents. KRS 194A.050 authorizes the cabinet to
adopt administrative regulations necessary to operate programs vested in the
Cabinet for Families and Children.

Section 1.
Definitions. (1) "Private or public nonprofit organizations" means an
entity incorporated as a nonstock nonprofit corporation under KRS Chapter 273
with articles of incorporation filed with the Secretary of State.

(2)
"Self-help group" means a group of two (2) or more parents of
children under the age of eighteen (18), under the sponsorship of a private or
public nonprofit organizations, who through group interaction voluntarily
assist themselves in preventing or ceasing the physical, sexual, or mental
abuse of their children.

Section 2.
Application. An organization that meets the requirements of Section 1 of this
administrative regulation may apply to the Department for Community-Based
Services for funds available from the one (1) dollar allocated to the
department from the fee for certified copies of birth certificates. The
application shall be in accordance with the Request for Proposal provided by
the department. The department may require proof of incorporation and purpose
of the organization.

Section 3.
Funding. Funds received by the Department for Community-Based Services from the
fee for certified copies of birth certificates shall be deposited in the
Kentucky State Treasury in a Trust and Agency account to be used exclusively
for carrying out the provisions of KRS 213.141. Funds available at the close of
a fiscal year shall not lapse to the general fund, but shall be carried forward
to the next fiscal year for use as governed with KRS 213.141. (11 Ky.R. 115; eff.
8-7-84; Am. 18 Ky.R. 1602; eff. 1-10-92; Recodified from 905 KAR 1:170,
10-30-98.)